Power Plants

In Western Australia’s Gascoyne region, Exmouth will run on 80% solar PV-derived renewable energy via a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Pacific Energy and Horizon Power, the state’s energy provider.

PV modelling relies on the assumption of 99% availability for forecasting, but the adoption of a more realistic metric would improve finances.

TotalEnergies has started commissioned two Texas solar projects with a combined capacity of 1.2GW and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Reducing volatility impacts, managing cannibalisation and investing in grids will help solar energy cement its role in global energy systems.

Security solutions DeterTech has unveiled its rapid response solution for solar PV farms and battery storage to address the threat of cable theft.

The world could meet the targets set out at last year’s COP28, as long as 'additional international efforts' are made, according to the IEA.

Utility Puget Sound Energy has signed contracts for a solar PV project developed by Qcells and a standalone battery storage project from Brightnight and Cordelio Power in Washington, US.

Graphene manufacturer First Graphene revealed a supply agreement yesterday (27 September) with Australian perovskite (PV) solar cell manufacturer Halocell Energy to provide a new coating product for the PV cells.

Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has been granted consent to develop a 120MW solar PV project in Tai Tokerau Northland.

The global target to treble renewable energy capacity to 11TW by 2030 is off track, according to a report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).